Manufactured by:

Unidentified  Search this

Medium:

iron, paint

Dimensions:

Overall with Weight: 11 1/2 × 3 × 32 in., 7 lb. (29.2 × 7.6 × 81.3 cm, 3.2 kg)

Type:

steelyards

Place used:

South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Date:

ca. 1900

Description:

A cotton scale designed for personal use. There are four hooks at one end, a long, grooved bar with cast-in numbers, and a large, pear-shaped weight at the end of the bar. The metal has a compact, brown-black patina on it - the red paint on the weight has been almost completely lost. There are patches of rust, and the hook attachments are unstable and bent.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Agriculture  Search this

American South  Search this

Cotton  Search this

Labor  Search this

Segregation  Search this

U.S. History, 1865-1921  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Courtesy of Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum of South Carolina

Object number:

2013.170.2

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Tools and Equipment-Agricultural

Exhibition:

Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5aaac76fb-d318-47e4-af63-f8693b67552d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2013.170.2